The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. On looking over the file of the Vindica!or, the great organ of the Papineau party (now published in the State of Vermont), we stumbled on a very important document in the number for October 6, 1837. We allude to the " Address of the Sons of Liberty of Montreal to the Young Men ef the North Ann rican Colonies," it serted in another column. As this document contains, perhaps, the latest edition of the grievances of the Lower Canadians, we tray be allowed eo take them from it as an authentic sourer. " Hosts of officers," they say, " appointed without consent of the people to %shorn they are too frequently obnoxious, and never responsible, and holding commissions during the pleasure of an irresponsible Executive, and placed in authe rity over us, with salaries enormously dispreportioned both to: our means and to their services." We have no doubt that in Canada, as well as in every other part of the dominions, salaries are fixed rather ascerdlng to the aristocratic scale than the value of the services. But the people of England have the hest right to complain of thie, far they ate the great paymasters. The people of GINN hardly know what taxes are, the good people of England elasosing to be at the trouble of govern ing the colony et a great expense to themselves, as witness the public accounts, in order to have the privilege of busing bad timber at a higher price than good timber can be nb talned at in the ports of the Baltic. As to the public lands grardci to a company of speculators, the F:ench Canadians are only entitled to complain of this if it be true that "their fathers, their relations, and their brother d olonists are refused or unable to procure wild land on which to settle." With all deference to the Sons of Liberty, we believe this to be a calumny. The fact is, that they will not take wild lands on the terms and in the way that Englishmen take them. They wish to live apart and not mix with Englishmen. Th e y complein of the laws affect. ins tenures, as being imposed on them by a roreign Par liament, and as inapplicable to the state of the country. We 'Ave already shown the necessity of the Tenures Act. As t~ the complaint of being deprived of the power of ex tending their commerce to all p art s of the world, instead of being confined to certain markets, we would only ask, to what market would the Canadians go ? They are favoured in our market for the only commodities they pro duce, and we are not aware of any other people that would pay higher for bad commodities than they nee d to p a y fo r good commodities. Then comes the great grievance of the Legishetive Council and the Executive Council, nominated by authorities ignorant of the co untry, and residing three thousand miles off. On this subject it is unnecessary at present to dilate. Two opportunities have been lost for securing their independence of Britain, and, in order that they may not be unprepared for the third, they " invite the young men to form associations in their several localities, for the attainment of good, cheap, responsible government, and for the security, defence, and extension of their common liberties ;" in short, to fight,for their independence. In the summary of the grievances, towards the end, it will be ob served that they contend " for the repeal of all laws and charters passed by foreign authority, encroaching upon the rights of the people and their representative s, especially relating to the property and tenures of lands, whether he ther belonging to the public or to individuals." In this manner these French Canadians pass over the circumstance that the British Government, having obtained the territory from the French, with all the rights possessed by the French Government, was universally understood to have the legal right to grant wild lands. The proposition to ap ply their novel construction of the right of the " Canadian nation" to all the lands within the territory to existing ti• tles, hitherto deemed legal, is neither more nor less than plunder and confiscation. The British Parliament may have sometimes carried the principle of respecting vested rights too far ; but these men would respect no:rights. The issue of a struggle commencing under such auspices call hardly be doubtful, but the advocates and notaries of Lower Canada have overshot the mark. The holders of lands under grants from the English Government will not allow themselves to be stripped of their possessions so easily as they supposed.—Morning Chronicle. Of the intelligence which has arrived since Sunday last from Canada we may pronounce generally, that it is of a favourable nature, inasmuch as there is no appearance of the rebels having anywhere met with success, or indeed shown themselves in arm against the troops of her Majesty. St. Dennis was recovered by Colonel Gore, who bad with him a force of eight companies, after the place had been abandoned by the Papineau insurgents in at fright. St. Charles was also occupied by the Royal forces. Papineau and Nelson had fled, it gas not known accurately whither. Many arrests of individuals, charged with being deeply im plicated in the rebellion, were made by authority of the magistrates ; so that the line of the Richelieu river, which runs through the centre of the Montreal district, from within the New York boundary, and seems to have been the chief seat of the insurrection, is now reported to be in a state of returning subordination and tranquillity. There is throughout any of the official despatches which have yet transpired no symptom of alarm on the part of Sir John Colborne at the progress or occur rences of the insurrection, or of anxiety for its probable result. If, indeed (of which, as yet, there appears no doubt), that gallant officer, with the small force under his orders, shall succeed in holding Quebec and Montreal dur ing the winter, it is morally certain that the powerful rein forcements already prepared to join him at the earliest opening of the St. Lawrence, will remove all reasonable ap prehension here, and all sanguine anticipation in unfriendly , quarters, as to the military consequences of this wail out break on the part of the French Canadians. 'rice assem blage, however, in Lower Canada during the next spring and summer of a stout, well-disciplined, and well commanded corps of 10.000 Englishmen, may produce advantages in our relative position towards other parties, as well as the dupes of M. Papineau, which will amply repay the cost and trouble of their transport thither, and of their future maintenance end operations. A spirit of undue encroachment upon British territory in other provinces than that of Lower Canada, founded perhaps upon a knowledge of the tur bulence prevalent throughout the latter province, and on n presumption of our consequent weakness there, may encounter a seasonable and wholesome rebuke, upon finding that the effective force of England in North Ame rica will have been trebled at the very first moment when the elements cease to obstruct it. On these grounds we approve of, and rejoice at, the amount of the reinforcement now under orders of readiness far embarkation. But how small a portion of this perplexing subject is disposed of by the success, however signal and decided, of the British arms! How many important and anxious questions are left floating after the sovereignty of England shall have been telly vindicated, and the power of her laws at least tacitly recognized, by the cessation of all open resist unce ! Have we vet—have the most far-sighted of our statesmen bethought themselves how to make profit of that victory which none, we suppose, will venture to dispute that there is at least a fair prospect of achieving ? Has any of . our statesmen yet pondered upon the means of improinne, dispersed and broken rebels into contented and loyal subjects of Qieen Victoria's Crown ? Are the French Canadians to be continued in possession of privi leges which they have so obdurately turned against the hand that bestowed them ? On the other side, stripping away their privileges, can we hope to trust, as vessels, those on whom, as freemen, we have been forced from a regard to our own security to trample ? Shall we leave at the mercy of a majority of voters elected to the provincial Par "lenient by an illiterate and prejudiced rabble, detesting the name of England, the old revenues of the Crown, constituting the only fund upon which we can reckon with the least reliance fur the support of civil govern ment within the colony ? Again, would it be a codivenient measure, would it be a safe one, to throw the two pros incial Legislatures into one, and employ the English men as a keep r over the Canadian, should the latter prove intractable, or continue disaffected ? 'These arc, one and all, momentous questions. They are now but slightly thought of or dirty looked at, but they are more pregnant with durable danger and embarrassment than any question the solution of whi c h tou c h es m e re ly t h e d e f ea t : e • t r i um ph of some 3,000 or 4,000 soldiers. We deem it hardly worth while to notice the G a z e tt e o f l as t n i g ht, w hi c h pub lishes only a brief and insignificant despatch of Sir. John Colborne, stating nothing- more than what was known through the other channels which we have already referred to—viz., that the rebels had retired from some of the posts they had temporarily occupied in. the Montreal country, and that their places n ere supplied by the Royal tro o ps. But thereis au omission better worth observing than any thing I:dant:lined in the Gazette—namely, that of all the despatches which it is well understood were brought by 6,, last arrivals, none were produced, save that of some dozen lines er so from the General corn mainline the forces! Frain Lord Gosford there has not been commune! ited to the country one single word, in the shape of a despatch, since the breaking out of the re hellion was made public. Will Ministers assert that there seas no intelligence of any kind received officially from Ca nada, at the same time with that from Sir John Colborne, which we this day present to our readers ? We appre hend they will not venture to say so ; and what a crisis is this at which to keep England in the dark :is to what con cerns the existence of her colonial possessions ! A thing indeed called a " proclamation" from Lord Gosford has found its way into the public journals, and a more silly and contemptible production, we will affirm, was never sent out with the signature of a man in office affixed to it. The gist of this State paper —this perfection of foolscap—is to assure the whole body of rebels, with some half-dozen ex ceptions, that they may go on as far as they like in deso lating the country and butchering their loyal fellow sub jects, for that whenever it suits them to come in, and cry peccavimus, they will be received with open arms by Lord We understand that considerable progress is made in Mr. Sergeant Talfourd' s Bill f or th e A men d men t o f the Law of Copyright, which, it may be remembered, was or- It is said that Sir George Warrender's costs in the dered, on Thursday, December 14, to b e brought into the suit for divorce instituted against his lady, and which has just House of Commons under the superintendence of the Chan- been abandoned, is nearly 10,000/. • cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Robe r t Inglis, and the Hon. The largest steamer in her Majesty 's navy is t h e and Learned Sergeant. It will b e rady, as we hear, Gorgon, recently built, being of 1,150 tons builders measure immediately ' crew, after the r ecess ; so th a t no ti me will be likely ment. She will carry 20 days ' coals, 1,000 troops, 156 e lost in applying the requi s ite r e medy to a grievance with store s and p rovisions for all for six months. The to b n universally admitted. M r . S ergean t T a lf o urd's motion on g ines are of 320 horse power, awl the •essel is so constructed the Law of Copyright m a y b e cons id er ed as an excellent that the steam-machinery can scarcel y be re t ched b y sh ot. pendant to the Bill for the Amendment of the Patent Law, Brown, one of the chief leaders of the Canadian in brought years Bills forward by M r . M ac ki nnon . The objects of both surgents is said to be the same person who storted a few ills are in some deg ree s i m il ar . The object of both is to a g o the Dublin Comet, and who also wrote a principal part B rn of rotect the rights a n d property of the intellectual classes,w a book called the Parson's Horn Book, which excited a great deal of conversation in the Irish metropolis at the ti me . whether engaged in th e p ursu it o f literature or of science. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd' s Bill, however, does not, like that of last He was convicted of libel , and ha d his sentence i n part re mitted by, w e believe, Lord Anglesea, on condition of his vo- Session, extend to th e fi ne ar t s —painting„ music, and sculp luntary exi :: from Ireland. tore. He has confined it to literary copyright alone, and he The National Gallery, Trafalgar-square, having has dropped the qu es ti on o f i n ternational copyright , which i s left to the negociation of Government. It will be remem- been ready to receive the national pictures , several of them' were removed last week front Pall-mall to the new building, to tending protection to the copyright of subjects of any Fu - bored that his Bill l as t y ear provided that foreign auth o r s and the remainder will be removed this wee k, whe n the whole should receive the benefit of its protection in this countr y . will be properly arranged and classified , an d th e g all ery will The present Bill, h owev er, merely contains a clause ex bo.ei v opened eeff,,,ct t for the pictures, admission to being the l public. ,hte d from lt i the sw well suited top, and the reign Government w hi c h may have afforded protection to r ive effect being thus equally distributed 4 on the paintings, but . the the copyri g ht o f B r iti s h au thors. By this process the sub - narrow ness of the exhibition room detracts much from'; the ap je,l_cartdistoadpelvacentiavgeeobuy thesl y simplified. At the same time we are p earance of the a p artments, which are out of all proportion, g prelim:et try observations made b y considerin g the extent of the front of the building. . Sergeant Talfourd, on bringing forward his measure, MASON IC AN ECDOT E.—At the battle of Det that. he d eems it requ i s i te a separate Bill should be intro- tingen, one of the King's body Guard bad his horse killed duvet to e x t en d pro t ec tion to time fine arts, the laws r , _ under him, and found himself so entangled in the animal he specting which are, as he justly stated, in a most disgrace- could not disengage himself. An English dragoon approached, fully difficult and complicated state. Ti,, d e f ects „ o l sabre in hind, to finish him, which he would have done bad not had not the guardsman, who was a freemassn, accidentally abuses of th e l aw , as regar ds literary copyright specially, made the sign of the Order. Happily for him the English are too notorious, and unfortunately too generally felt dragoon was also a member of the Order. He dismounted, by all the numerous operatives whose workshop is t':e brain, helped the Frenchman to extricate himself, and, allthough as and whose implement is the pen, to claim any a . brother he saved his life,_ nevertheles%he ele him his lengthened recapitulation from us. 'The law, as at pr.so er, because (we quote the exact ' d: t f the author) "a present constructed, damages instead of protecting literary Freemason never loses sight of the duty he owes to his own is is composed. property. No po e s n ed. ewoubl dare to steal the paper of which Prince."—Fieetnasons' (-iitti terly Review. i book The theft would be subjected to a ABOLITION FB E VERI " A sanguine car certain penalty ; but directly that paper is rendered j inconi- 1 den of the ° Lie lt l \ Albioi t i . after - consigning (Lein .tnensurtely more valuable by embodying the labour of the aeries to damnation, t desires to deal out also tiwsantesunna;ary 'compositor, printer, and publisher, and author, it becomes s !verity to the producers of porter. " I hope, "says this So l:la:a eto e . plundered with impunity. How easy is it for len, "to see the bueiness of brewing anni!tilated by the Legislature. Let us have a moral emancipation, even if some !. hook-pirate to deface the offspring of another man's thing in the way of compensation were awarded to the brewers p.iinful and costly labours, to serve them as gipsies do their for their utensils and stocks in trade. But sornethine must be ,stolen children—and thus evad e th e identification of .the istolen property, and the legal p un i s h ment d ue to his i of- done to rescue the deluded victims of the inebrious a draught ! tfence. he robbery is the more cruel, inasmuch labour employed upon the creations of th9 ls i m 'i l a i d en is a s mo i r ' t ee it: men knew the beauty of a inner and the p leasin g sensetions T given to the palate from drinking "water from the spr in g ," they would no longer continue slaves to the abominable, filthy exhausting than manual labour— fleeting i n its means habit of tippling ale, porter, or any other intoxicating liquor. jof realization—and more inadequately remunerated. But There is no good ale, there never was, nor good porter grant time evasion be not effected —'rant '' inadequately the robbery either. We cannot, without committing a libel on common is obvious and direct—is the autCo r means. His remedy is one of the most better r ns o i ff ve law ß Y. cesses in time country ; and to hold out such a means no sense, call anything good that pr d edueee an immediate and in pro_ evitable evil. . i Itlk, water, an ginger beer are absolutely dress to literary men, so badly remunerated as they arc, us good, because meoxioue and necessary, but any thing that in- Creases the pulsation by heating the blood vislently and untie , well as so incompetent to realise their acquisitions, i s adding t t ura lly—anything that deranges the digestive mockery to grievance. It is as unsubstantial as the b an ue organs—that in jures the stomach, inflames the brain, produces delirium, ileum of brilliant but empty covers offered by the tantal9ising nity, and premature death , must be a p ositive and cr y in g evil. And I cry to every good citizen t o j oin in discountenancin g Caliph Alraschid to the hungry Bartnecid.e Advertiser. . -111 " ilin g drinking altogether, except water , milk, tea, coffee, &c. " An Hibernian schoolmaster, settled in a village near The morning organ of Nlinist , !rialism is very anxious that London, who advertised that he intended to keep a 'Bunday the law of the land touching the trial of disputed elections school twice a week, 'Tuesdays and Thursdays, reminds us should be altered, but is quite disheartened by the sad re- of the mock mayor of a place in the west, who declared on section that in England there is no sufficiently rapid l e- Ina election, that he was resolved to hold his Quamter See flint]. of putting down one law, and setting up anoti n me::: " We must wait," says the Chronicle, with an air of rho cte.'l.lres. stops monthly. nin tim o . e l l ur m tihs t i m ly s i t .e r a e l ni t o a t it p l a ) r e t il o ig f deepest vexation—" we must w sit for the tedious 1 1:3. 1. d i : beheldocean, ut asb Iran} ,,rt leagues distance of an Act of Parliament through four stages (with divers four of his heart exclaimed, and frequent postponements in each House of Portia- Arrah sa : of S l i a ' Cl iP s: • Pi a p n e d all in ha t r. l d u' s joy oa deck to behold the rich ment) before any remedy, however slight and trivial landscape m l y can be applied." We greatly sympathise with our APPETITE. About a week since, a fellow, who resides about eight m miles ie front this city, undertook, for a w a ger, contemporary's trouble and sore distress. To be be sure to eat three live complisited at a beer- e l;o w ns it is a dreadful thing that when power is in liberal fellow', piit oF abete.eniayrlatof rit;l.,,:iajejciln:l:rdt.yhi.segu neighbourhood,s t ing feat he e A a n c i 0 hands it should not be exere•sed forthwith. To wait for the " tedious process" of an Act of PaiLtunent isate three raw potatoes fur a Oil Tuesday last, a married woman, named Clark, a substantial grievance to the enlightened people of an residing in Castle-mill -street, whilst sitting at tea complained enlightened age, who are accustomed to the rapid march of a pain in her side, and the words had scarcely . escaped of intellect, and theslashing expedition of railroad. What her lips, when she fell down and instantly expired. —Brieto a pity that leggard legislation should thus Tulip be ' hind the heels of mechanics 1 . Other philosophers lien try ' 0:1) .... 10nday as Jane Hodson, a fine girl, 15 years than Dr. Reid should be directed to take the House old Rag standing by the side of the steam-engine at gosh° of Commons into their consideration. It might be c r .i t .t i t a i oe h rr i e l l coal-mule, litihincithiii,e, caught thel l - 1 i i n ,u, b xi well to offer a preiniurn out of the public purse to the nem i i p , e i ' a r 'v e n d d h . e_. c r ut i e i b i :o , t t . i l h l ,y es h: vf ' r i c g r l a e c i g t lis s 7 t i o . ff th e e m tntliate ma who should devise the hest mode of applying steam potter ;o the propeling of legislation. It is monstrous that, while:beforeassiatance could be given. The peer everythilg else is getting on with such accelerated speed, top erer shortly Acts of Parliament should be as slow as ever, and as tor- THE SE Y AS ) afterwards gardenbuds bushes ofin the a t st week a strawberry, full ripe, toise-like in their progress. The strong disapprobation was gathered in t t N ime . 4 t;l i ,!, n o. fw t l it i it e il et Hohne, Bellevue, The l e ar , t t e t a t l h ii i - s which the eh/ onick entertains for such a tedious mode of West Derby. —Pres . to g g n a o r o o ( s e e b b n s , c .r r o r u f er N h . l — u r. t A j a o . l a m proof of the mild ra tieing and unmaking laws as that by Act of Parliament, mess of the season, a hutsßl t I t somew . el l, G.e e well-formedtib a nk,i s berr covered ie s not N i :o n i is supported by many high authorities. The Grand Turk g.trden ar, in the same sate. Such a eircumst thinks it a very roundabout method, and so did the late Dev of Algiers. The Emperors of China and ef Russia think, with attached gra l lit a7 w•ason is almost, we believe, without a the Chronicle, that such a process is very inconveniently te- precedent. —Aberdeen herald. INESE PUNISIINIENTS —Tile most general ' dious, and that edicts answer much better. The King of Prussia is of opinion that an order from one of his Secrete strumcnt of punishment is the bamboo, whose nitean4io; in- Prussia of State, and a movement of a regiment of dragoons, exactly defined. The number of blows, constitute a mech more compendious method of government purposeA.ltli s u c o l i f a p m r se e ,i.i c at i l s eb i p recision rn ni t: uou e rst viy nl i et:rd:ti commutablevoi f d u t a i el degrees of than that which proceeds through four stages in two Houses of Parliament, with " divers and frequent postponements." this punishment i shfccior fire or otherwise, .In short, there is no quarter of the glebe where sub- the apparent quantity of flag-eel:at ions, of 1 5reate r than jest man bends submissive to the absolute iwcy of real. A small hollow cylinder, full of tallies ul O s i e 's of wood, Sovereignty in which our Liberal contemporary would 'stands before the Judge, and, according to the nature 's not find sympathy with its extreme distaste for offeeme, lie tali rs out a certain number and throws them of the floor of the Coma These are taken up by the at e t rn efl o ri n the the " tedious process of an Act of Parliament." Even and five blows nominally, but in reality only four, are 1,41""ci in Timbit , !too it tansy be that our Contemperary's hinge- ,or each. This mitigation goes to the Emperor's credit, b i Ci t n e .r. sheet—if it ever travel so far—will awaken a throb of answer clime , at i hn " de , ea11e,..1 6 . ‘ Imperial favour," and it is in strict cuaormity with i compassion for the ualiiippv state of Great Britain under the Chinese 'Baxial, that "in enacting laws rigour is necessary; worn the operation of its tedious Acts of Parliament. The in executing .xecutieg them,.nter . ey ;" although the converse ha- b• • Chronicle never before touched such a chord of unit ersal of late generally maintained antong ourselves. The neat t * o L t h n feeling. Be it now the merit of that journal to— merit is time kea or laugue, which has been called the )u o --- ; collar, laming a species of walking pillory, in which the prisoner the " Spread the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole." is paraded, with his offence inscribed. It is sometimes But this want of speed in the Parliamentary process of for a month together, and as the hand cannot be p to law-making is not the only grievance which swells the liver mouth, the wearer must be fed by calve. After it this enure, of our Contemporary— in the first place, temporary banishment to a dis'ence not a " Fervens ditlicili bile, turret jecur." ceeding fifty leagues from the prisoner's home, and the /1 . c-- besond the Chinese frontier, either temporary or for"life,iled He feels that even were some miraculous agency of Li- Tartars arc punished by eim equal number of blows with h beret despotism to give more than railroad swiftness to Le %ship instead of the bamboo, and fn ordinary cases with the gislation—were the gods to annihilate both time and space, Puri;slm. to make titer Ch ronicle happy—still this would not be lengue inste ad of banishment. The three capital ments are-1, strangulation; '2, for greater (Attlee, decollation; enough, for the Tories would obstinately refuse to sanction 3 , for treason, parricide (which ranks as petty treason), sa.. an ex post facto law—they would not allow a law of 1838 crilege, See., that mode of execution called ling-Ay, o a die _ to be made applicable to timings done in reliance u pon the g raeefal and lingering death," which Europeans have sorra,- law of 1837. Thi s i s s u c h a d rea dful grievance, that we what incorrectly styled cutting into ten thousand pieces. The desp a i r o f adeq'mately describing it. We must, therefore, heads of robbers a nd murdeve rs are p ublicl y ex p osed in a cage give the words of our care-corroded Contemporary : suspended on a pole,—Dovis'e China; Library of Entertain "We aro to recollect, also, that, if a complete and suffici , nt jay Knoudedpe, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1838. SEIZURES FOR CHURCH-RATES IN I The other ease ST. PANORA S. 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F . and Clyde 'SY eras, 1001.165. eh. flO 11 ,9 00 121, Grand Juncti -. 1140. she 223 2,8491 14 • Grand Union l. she 25 sit. 2 1 500 ...... ... Grand Surrey 2 0 10,090/, 41. per cent. Piro (optional) Loan 1(311. 0 1001, sh. all psi 3,149'i Grand Western 0,10 Ig/.1•..4. 'sli. tilamerganshire, As erage cost 1721. 13.. 4sl. 230 749 111 r, Grantham........ 1540.80. 212 li,tati V. Os Hudilersfle Id areraros 57/. 68. Pd. sh. 37 1041 Kensington 10') On all pd. 10 25 .3` 2 . 4 11. 59. Kennet end Avon, A verage 69/. 18e. 10d. sh. 24 2,1971 244 Leeds and Liverpool ..................... 11111..0. 60.1 5451 134 Leicester 1440. sh. 225 1,'97 41. IN. Leicester sii4 NortSisleis on._ A ver 11/. ins. 111 , 2,4110 1114 Monmouthshire lOO/.511. 2rt 150 1114 Nlciton Alowitray 100/ sin 201) 1.00 954 Mersey and trweli lOO/. sh. 565 11.00 It Ins. Mccles nth' lOO4 sh. all pd. 52 ' 247 17/. Ne a at), ............ 1004 sh. 325 1,7556 310. Oxford iis4. O. 530 2,100 3/. Peak Forest A Cel..ife about 7sl. sh. 11'4 1,411 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 3.1/. lets. P A L s h. 1 1 i 5,069 /. per cent. r. ocr.dale Average 551. sh. 111 500 .1 81. Shropshire e 25/. sh. 118 SOO 1.1108. Somerset Coal i:3l/. oh. 1511 3,i;00/. 41 percent. Ditto lock Fond St ock l2l 10 144 sh. 711) . she 114 700 401. Stafford and Worcester 504) 94 Shrewsbury 1:151. sh. 290 300 01. Stourbridge 8,0;47 21.''5. Stratford-on.Avial -Average 791. 155.... d. 811. 50 533 121. Swansea 1004 sh. 231 3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 35/. sh. 264 t,go.ilen. 32/. Ins. Trent 311i1 Alersey, 1 share 1004 sh. seo 8,149 ... ...... Thames ~in.) Medway-Aver. 13/. Si. std. sh. 3 1,00030.1 ~, Warwick a.id Birmingham . 100 /. sh 265 1,11001,11.5 ` 950 Ili. Warwick and Napton ION. she 185 6,000 4/.113. Worcest , r anis Birmingliam...Av. 7B /. 4 . sh. WI 5,000 555. Wilts aria Berke) .. Average 67/. 10s. Sil. sin 22 800 :1/. Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 its, Wisbeach 905 le. Wey and Arun llO4 sn. '. 1 120471(3. 2,600 k 13p. s Commercial lON. sh. 5 1 4 1,065001 4:J8,6041. 6 per ct. East India Stock 107 1.7.32,3101/. 5 0 s. p.ct. London Stock 531 Ditto Bonds 99 Stock 9.3 ,380,000/. W. p. et. West India 2;200 2/. 13s. Bristol 68,2544 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll'3 ' ,332,750 41 percent. St. Katharine Stock 100 500,000 43 per cent. Ditto Bonds 300,001 t ler cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years 991 Shoreham Hai hour 2.54.0 ........ Deptford Pier ` - 'Ol. sh. 3/. BRIDGES. 1,600 Fs. Ilammersrrnti • 5O/. sh. 20.1 7,211 Southwark, Old Av. Mi. 23. Sd. sh. 2 1;700 11. 15s. Ditto, Now. of 71 per cent. 5,000 Waterloo IOW. sli. 3 5,000 :Ss. id. Ditto, Old Annuities of 11 ?. 601. pet 19 5,000 16s. 4d, Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 161 60,000/. 6/. per teat. Ditto Bonds llB 5,140 17s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. ?A. sh. 167 AS , URANCL COMPANIES. 2000, 2/ Ins Albion 500/. sh. 50/ pd SO 50,000 t s ln e A c i e s . n . t l Alliance, Britis hSs Foreign 1004 sh. 101/. pd 13 50,000 ti per cent. Ditto, Marius 1001. sh. 51. pd 64 34,000 41 per all. Atlas 541/. eh. 51. p'l 134 1,200 Ish. 51. Birmingham Fire .........:30/. sh. 35/. Ixl 107/ 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 5(11. pd 45 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50/. sta. 5/. pd 61 5,000 51. percent. Clerical, Medial, Sec. Life, ICOL sin 21104 pd 4 4,900 21 Ills C0unty............ 1001. eh. 111/. pd 49 2 0 , 000 s s. Eagle 200 f a l L e t ;rL L . l Economia Lite ...... ..... ...JOON. sh. 250/. pd 375 2,271 225. per cent. European Lbw "N. sh. all pd 72 60,000 2s. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 21. Txl 14 1,000,0001. 71. per et. Globe S t o c k 153 50,000 5/• Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 33 40,000 G. 641. Hope 501,5 h. 1 , 1. psi 0 .2,400 M. 71.6 d. Imperial hire 500/ sit. 50/. pd 1281 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 101. pd 10 13,458 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOW. sh. St pa 19 2,02$ :II 101 Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 62 8/. Ditto Life 79 10; 1 00 1 6 8 . Law Life 1001. sh. 104 pd 251 5,000 16s. London, Fire 25/..11. 121. Ins. pd 151 3 , 4)00 10s. Londen, Ship 95/. sh. 11. 10s. pd 131 30,00 0 se per cent. Palladium late 50/. sh. 2/. pd 2/ 125112 60000 4L per cent. Protector Fire OO4 sh. .24 pd 17.. Od 2,500 1/. Provident 1..1,e 100,000 3s. Rock Life 20/. sh. 14 pd I 5i49,220/ St per cent. Royal Exch-oge Stmt... 221 6,1100 5 par cent. University Life lOO/. she 51. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 23,600 6 per cent. A gric. and Comm of Ireland 251. sh. lot. pcl 14 5,009 ..... .... Australasia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 60 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Ili, mingliam 5l/. Ish. 10/. pd 13 10,000 leper cent. Birmingham Bank .. .. ...... ....50/. sit. 51. pd 1111 36,002 spercent. London and WesSminiter 100/ sh. 90/. pd 21 :t,OOO 4 per cent. Lancaster - 100/. sit. 201. pd 80 25, 1 100 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 23 50,000 71 per eent 51ancliester and Liverpool] 100/.lh. 13/ pd 20 Discount 90,000 7 percent. Mratchester Ina sh. 251 pd 97 'O,OOO Provincial 'link of I reland 1004 sh. 25/. 1,4 39 20,4e0 National Bank of Ireland s'l. sh. 171/. pd 15 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. - 1001. Os. 334 pd 32 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 10 per rent. Hampshire 501. sh. 51. ixl V GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 I/ Ls 6,1 Bath 5,000 British 4lO. sh. 18/. pd 21 51. percent. 3,041 tn, Its. 5 ..1 Ditto Provincial 2 O/. sh. 19 d 231 o_B 51 10s Birmingham 5O/ all. Sk3 4,150 ta Os Bristol 2O . sh. 30 1,500 5' 103 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 11 750 2/ 10. Ditto, New - 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 00/. she all pd 17 4,000 41, Continental Consolidated lOO/. 432;1.1x1 83 1,000 10/. City of London IOW. sh. all pd 1815 1,1400 ti/. Ditto, New lOO/. sit. GOI. pd 112 !,000 4/. Ps. Equitable 5O/. pd f,Ol 0;4)0 21 per cent. Imperial $OO 5/ per cent. Isle of Thanet •nl. sh 2ll/, pd 20 3,350 64 per cent. ' nilepend en t lO/. 3 1). Oil psi 44 9,0,0 2/. per colt. Phonic 704 sh. :110. pd 211 1,1110 4!. per cent. Pa:cliff 1001. sh. $O/. pd 5.; 49 0 South ?ler , i(colitan '42. sh, le/. pll 17 8,214) 51. per cent. United General 504 sh. 464 lid '24 3411 5/. per cent. Warwick 400 110. pet cent Wakefield 12,000 31. Westminster Charts red 6,1'(x0 123. Ditto New 341. sO. 101. pd 84 800 Yarmouth .0/. sh. 181. pd 9 WATER W.) lc KS. 1,800 Os. Birmingham '2s/. sh. 251 pd '. 11 1.434 r,/, East London 104)4 sit. 14, 5,500 2/ Ills Grano June - ion __Average 41/ 136. 4,1. sh. 54 , 2,000 24 Emit lOO/. sit. 4.1 372 104 Liverpool Giggle 220/. sh. :4-6 1,::00 3110 s Nsw Raver London tritlge Water Annuities 4.4 6,486 1/ 15a Manchester and Salford 1,000 I per cent. South London 1004 sh. 17 8,21(4 44 Wes/ Middlesex ....Average eel/. 12s itil. sin 81 1,360 1/ 143 York linildinv c , , i,,,,.- prop 1004 eh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 Birmingham and Derby . :N. pd 121 3,100 ... ..... Birmingham and Gloucester l2ll, pd :4 7,111) Birmingham, Bristol, am! Thames Jnitction 04 15; 00 Bristol and Exeter , 001. sh. lo pd 21 4;60 Calcutta and ('alto's 5O/. sh. 2/. pd ''4 7,500 ... .., Che!tenham and G. Western 'OlO. s 0 74/ 11 3,000 .... Clarence .......... ............... EX‘l. oh. 100/. pd 30 Ises co Commereno 1.1,1t , h0.:111 ., t. cll. 21 psl 04 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 21 pd 1 60,110 Eastern Counties. 25/. eh. 3/. pil 11 Grand Junction lON. eli. 351. p' Ibl ... ...... Great North or Eiieland 25,4 - AY) Great Western lOO/ sh. 551. pd 034 ,0.0 Ilartlepool 16.1. sh. 100/ pa Itsi 16,1100 Hull and selby . 5114 she 101. pd 5 0,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 11 '2,100 31 per cent. Leeds and Sclhv leo en. 41 1,500 1/.56. Leicester 41111 swannington -.501. sh. all pd 70 5,102 10 percent. Liverpool and Manchester...llX 1. sit. 1040.1,4 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "5l. lid (11 30,001 London and Briglito, 5)11. sh. Si pd 31 12,001 Lontion aim Blackwell 504 sh 3/ pd ('7 20,00 !I per cent. London and Greenwich ...,...201. sit 244/. pd 1 6 4 . 25,000 London and Birmingham -1004 sh. WI. 1,1 160 Ditto Quarter Shares 51 pd 57 cO,OOO London and soutliamptuit ....',(l/. sh. .5' , / pd :i6 - Ditto ditto New..... ll. pd l7 f 7,000 I.olldoll and Croydon Trunk el. oi .4)1. pd 1 , 4 1,0',0 Ditto Scrip 14/. sh. 2/. pd 84 12,000 London Grand Junction 5lO. sh. 5/. pd 01 10,001 51snchester and 114.mingicam...70/.sh• 51. pd 41.4 North Midland 1004 sit. 25/ I'd 92, Northe• n and Eastern .........10011. ;h. .1. pd 24 2,000 Preston and Wyse ...............501. she 304 pd 34,1104) ...... .. South Eastern and Dover 7l. Itl 31 I,i sg) 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lii/. sh. 24 1 1 5,000 'names Haven 5O/. sh 2/. 104. ;al 04 1,400 Westininstee and Greenwich 501. sh. 2/. pd 04 0,000 York and North Midland 5O . sh. 6/. pd ni MINES. 6,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31/. pd 10 4,000 I/. Si. Alten 131. 911. 11:21. 114 1.9 11 4 111,01/911 .... ..... Aught Mexican, ins. 51. pm.... 1001. sh. all 6d 3 Ditto Subscription 0 5/. tat 4 9 000 -, 11. BolAnos ISO/. 811 all pd '721 10,000 11. 10s Brasilia. Imp. lee. 5/. pin 35/. sh. '2O/ lxi 20; 6,0 0 Macaidias sk COCO.CS United...2s/.sh 231/. pd 5 11,1.00 Ditto St. John Dal Rey 21 1 /. sh. 94 pd 34 10,000 ......... Bolivar Copper Company .01. sh. 210. pal 5 10,000 .... ..... Ditto Scrip... lO/. sh. 1 4 1. pil (1 20,000 British Iron .. 56/. sh. 50/ pd 33 61100 British Copper .5/. sh. 41/. p 9 14 , . Cats Branca 611. pd :1 Candonga 10,00 n 11 Copiapo 204 :h 121/ pd 61 8,500 •• • Columbian, is. 5/. pin. .pd (,5,2,850 'S/. English l2/ Ks_ pd 90,000 General MOM,: Association...2 l l. Mt. 154 rid 11 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sit. 5511. pd 2 3,000 Po:heron Consols . IN. sit Si. pd 54 11,5 00 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes 15 3, pd 1121 30,000 United Mexican, is. 2pm ....40/. 311. all pd 1, Dit i. Scrip 2l Ditto New Scrip 5/ 1.1 :4 West Cork 50/. sun 50/. pd 38 I.IIER ARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs sh. 2 1 1,5 0 0 Lo, & , :i University 700 Russell • 1 5; s, sh. 9 10,000 2, : 6 05 ; : t 1 : 00 :4 15 ( 1 :. : ip rz p: l : s 6, :c sec . .e , : : t tt .. I British i tu 10,000 Si per cant. Canal., Colnoany 100/. she 261. pd 2.5 i 914 vii.c(CALNl:rtaiie‘ ,e in' io n , l 7 ,g u te d ei r t i' lc ) ia c a ,,, :t h L( : : lii': ,o. : : , S C . l ' ri ltl i sl ac , : e. , l r i a ? g ey l . 4' s : i c :. : s iik, 'l , l%le r ii c : :l l : F e l ,, t : e l i r ' t.:: l t r i ,tt o ' s o t ( i li . n .u ,,, .: n. , 1 : ,00.2, '11 5 5 . . ii i .. . : A1 0 1 .: . ... 21 1 1 7 001 241 : 5 4 ): 1 1 / 11 1,11 1 : :. . 111 111 )1 ) : i t d d , ll l , I '3:))234i ii .2,090 11. 1 .2 ' , ( 7 X 54 4 5/. per c . ent. 1'2 1114 ' ~ 1,ro.:1 51. per cent. I)itto New 11.0. sit. 711. pd 66 1,000 'I harnes Tunnel 50/. sh. all pd 6 10,000 lOOl. sh. 171. pd 9 11%,silenS,A,C,c::::::(1i c:tusAanus: :::::: Company 11:: .. . she 2:11. l i ) , (di zirt: LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, - - DEC. 15. 1837. BANKS. 45 00,00 V. p. ct. Ilan% of Scotland 531. fis sh. all pd 1901. 2,000,011. p. et. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 1112/. f; 00,0 p. ct. flritish Linen Cornp;ny.,„,lool.sh. eII Ixl talq. 3,000,0001. p. at. C0intr•aaeia1...............W , )01. ;h. 1004. /34 smo,ouue D. ct,. Sztional lOO/.sh. 10!. pd 16/. .4000,0001. Cl. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd (91. 1, , 000,fa,01. 4 p. ct. Western of NSURANCScE o COMPANIES. tIand 2001. sh 30/. pd 991. 1 .000 sh 61p. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 1/, pa 27s - ,509 61 p. ct. Hercules 100/..h. 101. pd 131 ios -10c;Ot)t) tp. pl. I s t"/IrAn e l Voe: Qt . 401444 • ”101, th, pd 61 es 50,000 6 ri p. ct. orthllr tisn...„„„ .lO/. pci 151 1.000 5 p ct. Caledonian Fire ,„....100/. sh. 10/. 5,000 Rp. ct. FAlinburgh late „ . .... 1001. sh. 101. pi 14/10S 100,006 p. ct. West of Scotland ..... 101. pd bi es mlsc ELLANEOUS 4,810 Ediri,and (l"as Iln. Cllnal 501. sh, all pd 221. (lilt() A lloexed eft/. alt. all pd (151. 5.400 5 per cont. 144111 b, Jpiiil Stut:lc NV41C1.„,:19/. ah. all pti 7!41 Carron !run Con - 4,411y 450/, sh. all p.l 451. /,000ih 15 per cont. Shutt a Iron Fouitoery 50/. sh 3 , 1.1x4 431, .o,ood 3 per cent. Edinburgh& Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 1(11.1x1 tt.IL 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 23/. sh. all pd 5e4 4,130 10 per cent. Glasgow GAS ' ) 5l. ah. all pd ou . 750 7} per cent; I.eitb Coal (las .201. sh. all pd 45!. 1,204 &I'll diurgli and Dalkeith Railway...so/. sh 55+, ; 3,0u0 5 v er cent, liquAttllle Loan ConlpanT„ 251, ah. 9/. VI WI, For some days past a great degree of excitement has pre vailed in the extensive and populous palish of St. Pancras, in onseyucncc of the a►bitrary proceedings manifested by the Chinch Trustees toward those persons who have not paid up the arrears of their Church-rates, and on Friday, the 22d ult. a distraint was levied for the arrears of a Church-1 ate made on the 13th of June, 1836, by the Church Trustees acting in the parish, without any election or appointment by the parishioneis on the premiies in the occupation of Mr. T. Mur,Thy, during absence from home. The article seized upon was a maho gany two flap table, valued at 305., whereas the rtnount for which the seizure was made was only 19s. 6d. The warrant authorising the levy was signed by A. Smith, Esq., and on Mr. Murphy's return home he found the property had been ab stracted, and an inventory, of which the following is a copy, left by the broker : Mahogany two-flip table. Rates Levy a 0 Man 2 6 19 6 " To Mr. Thos. Murphy, No. 11, Edward.street. " Take notice, that I have this day distrained the goods and chattels mentioned in the above inventory, for the sum of pounds fourteen shillings and pence, due for arrears of Church -rates, and base secured the same at No. 1, Howland-mews East, in the parish of St Pancras, and un less the said arrears, together with the charges of making this distress, are paid within live days from the date hereof, the same will be condemhed and sold according to law. —Dated Dec. 22, IS3S. (Signed) JOSEPH 11. TURNER, Broker. No. 16, Tottenham-street, Fitzroy-square. Witness, (Signed) JouN WARAIAN." Mr. Murphy has issued' a very lengthy address to the pa rishioners upon the subject, declaring his intention never to pay the impost of Church-rates in any other way. The pto seeding has created a great deal of interest, as it is under stood that several other inhabitants are is danger of a similar proceeding against them. CRIMINAL COURT -(TUESDAY.) OLD COURT. John Boone and Richard Quantock, were indicted for a misdemeanour in a conspiracy to defraud. Two other persons named Ann White and Mary Collyer, were included in the same indictment, but ham been let out on bail, and did not appear. In this case, wiich was not concluded yesterday when we went to press, the jw . y found both prisoners Guilty. NEW COURT. John Henry Nixon, aged 30, a person respectably attired, was indicted for stealing, on or about the 16th of December last, divers articles of drapery, consisting of silks, merino, calico, hose, shawls, cloaks, 4:c., of the value of 401. and up wards, the property of Thomas Matson White. Mr. White is an extensive linen-draper on Newington Cause way. At the latter end of November, a youth of the name of Parnell, alias Morton, sought to be received into his establishment as a shopman, when a reference was de manded, and the name of a Mr. Hadlam, of Seven Oaks, linen-draper, was given. To that address witness wrote, and received such an answer as induced him to take Parnell into his employ. In the middle of the last month, Parnell hav ing been with him only a fortnight, property was suddenly missed out of the shop to the amount of more than 401., and he was induced to take Parnell aside, and express to him his suspicions. The young man declared his ignorance, but at leagth, when closely pressed, he said on condition of a pro mise of pardon, he would make such a confession as would lead to a restoration of some of the property. Witness con sented, and he and Parnell went to the lodgings of the priso ner, in York-street, Westminster, when he told him that Mr. White stood before him, and added that he had made a con fession to his master, and wished that he would restore the property he had taken from the shop. The prisoner at first affected surprise, and declared he did not know what was meant, but at length he produced several duplicates, which related to part of the property named in the indictment, and which was produced. Mrs. Elizabeth Poulter deposed that she lives at the Post-: office at Seven-oaks, Kent, which is kept by her father. On the day named a letter came directed there to Mr. Hadlam, draper, Sevenoaks." She knew of no such person in that place, nor ever had during her life-time. The prisoner was the person who applied for the letter so directed, and she de livered it to him. It was her business, jointly with her father, to receive and deliver letters. Was quite positive as to the identity of the prisoner. B. Parnell, alias Morton, the confederate, was then brought from Newgate to give evidence for the Crown. He stated that on the 30th of November or the Ist of December he was received into the service of the prosecutor. He had been pre viously acquainted with the prisoner, and it was concerted be tween them that a reference should be given to Mr. Hadlam, and Mr. White was to write thither for his character. Nixon (the prisoner) was to go down there to get hold of the letter, and then write a favourable answer to the prosecutor : and he did so. On the 150 or 16th of December last the other young men had gone to dinner, it being his turn to stop in the shop. During this interval the prisoner came in kith au empty bag, which was filled forthwith, and he went away. A good deal of property was put into the bag, and that now pro duced was a small portion of it. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. (The word " Guilty" convulsed the prisoner.) Mr. Sergeant ARAM said the sentence of the Court was that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years. There could be nu doubt but hi friend Parnell would soo❑ follow him, for he was too far gone ever to do any good in this country. Mr. DOANE applied for the expenses of the prosecution, which were allowed, the Court observing that it was both a useful ana an important one. tried during the day were n t of the slightest sURIIEY SESSIONS.—TUESDAY. Yesterd'►y the General Quarter Sessions commenced at Ncnington, and, ow iog to the transactiun of county business, there was a nu►>•:erous attendance Gf i4l❑gia:rates, amongst whom were the Members for the weFtern division of the county, 'beside; those for Lambeth. The report of the Comrnitt , v of Magistrates appointed to inquire irro the expediency of erecting a County Lunatic Asylum wns read, &galling the benefits such au institution W Poi calculated to afford to those persons unfortunately l►tbouring under the vr,rious forms of that ( 3 .readful malady, and that the cost of the erection would not exceed 75,000/. A lengthened discussion took place on the subject of the Report, and it Wei at length carried that the above sum should be raised by means of a penny county rate for that purpose. - -- - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 11.47 1 T0N G.lll DEN. Yesterday Eliza Dunkerlow, n fine girl, 14 years of age ) was brought before Mr. BENNETT, in custody of a pollee constable of the A division, charged with being destitute. The police constable, at an early hour yesterday morning, fond the prisoner sitting on the step of a door in St. George's Hanover square, crying, and apparently in a state of star vation. On questioning her, she said she had no friends or relations in tl.e world, and she had not slept in a bed or tasted food f.,r several days, and she was exhausted for the want of rest and nourishment. Witness supported her to the station-100 , so, where she was placed before the fire, and given some food, and in the morning he took her to Marlborough s;reet police-office, before Mr. Conant, who on questioning her, ascertained th it her legal s.ttlement was St. Pancras pa lish, when he ordered witness to take her to the overseers, and request her admission into the workhouse. He accordingly did so, but they refused to admit her, and he subsequently brought her to this office. Mr. BENNETT inquired on what ground they refused to ad mit her 2 The witness replied that they would not take her in as she had been found in, and brought from, St. George's, Hanover-square. Mr. BENNETT inquired whether she had been to St. George's, Hanover-square? The constable said that they refused to re lieve hcr. Mr. 13ENNETT banded to the girl two shillings, and told the poliec constable that, in the event of the parish officers of St. George's, Hanover-square, refusing her thi•ir assistance, to bring her before bins this day, and he would see what could be done for her. Gosford. Between foxes in Downing-street, and geese at Quebec, we are in a hopeful condition.—Tieres. It is the part of a judicious statesman to fall in with, and, if possible, to anticipate public opinion ; but it seems to be the policy, or rather, perhaps, we should charitably say, that. it arises from the self-willed ignorance of our Whig statesmen, that public opinion should have no weight with them, and that however obvious the error into which they may have fallen, and however odious it may be in the eves of the people, they adhere to it with a firmness and pertinecity worthy of a better cause, and wholy un worthy of that which they thus obstinately and mistakenly c spouse. We need hardly say that it is with reference to their conduct relative to the new Poor-law that we at present direct this observation. That they were upheld in the passing of this cruel law, as they have since been in maintaining its severe enactments, by persons from whom we should have been induced to expect better things, is an admission which we arc compelled to make with the most poignant regret. But though the sanction of the persons we allude to night induce us to pause and reconsider, our own opinions ; having done to, no sanction of error, Loweser high, will lead us to disregard the cause of truth, or shut our eyes to the appalling state or misery and destitution to which the operation of this law has redur ed so many thousands of the most helpless of our fellow-creatures. We have never denied the abuses which had found their way into the practice of the old law, or that a remedy was called for. But when the remedy turns out to be tenfold worse than the disease, is it. not the eli sions duty of those who, unless they shut their eyes and ears to the truth, must. have daily proofs that such is the case, to recall these harsh proceedings, and at once to abo lish or reform a statute uncongenial with the Christian character of the country, and, in many of its features, so oppressive, that no endurance or experience can reconcile the bulk of the community to its enforcement? This is no party question, nor do we wish to make it one. We are compelled to call it a Whig law, because the Whigs are its authors ; and its disgrace recoils with double force upon them, because they have all their lives, when out of office, held themselves up as " the friends of the peo ple." Let them now prove that friendship by yielding to what their great opponent Mr. Pitt used to call " ex perience and the evidence of facts." - Lot them look for that experiem e to the evidence of nearly every contested election in the kingdom, where no candidate dared to avow himself the advocate of this measure, and where, as at Sudbury, hostility to it has been alone sufficient to insure success. It is in vain to say, as some of the Ministerial journals pretend to do, that the press has made this subject -an instrument of clamour. Facts cannot constitute clamour, and it is on facts, recorded and acknowledged facts alone, that all its reasonings upon the subject have been founded. It was to elicit facts that Mr. Walter, in the last Parlia ment, moved for a Committee, and it was to suppress, as far as possible, all unpleesant truths, that none but a packed Committee could be obtained. Truth, however, cannot be long suppressed, even by the most powerful means. Every day furnishes fresh facts to increase and swell the tide of public feeling upon this interesting subject ; and any further attempt to stem and resist it will bespeak a degree of infatuation which the country, we trust, is not doomed to witness i n an y c l ass o f p u bli c men.—Morning Herald. remedy' cr..uld be pi ilitcd tAlt alcpted to-inorrow the Tories, throuqh Sir Robert Peel, tiv, deilared that it ought not to be applied to claims to s.ats now made, and yet unde termined—a monstrous doctrine, to he sure, but such as the House of Lords would willingly lend its aid to enforce. It amounts to this, that if a tribun'al could be furmed to which no possible objection could apply, which would do the fullest and most impartial justice, still it would be improper to have the merits of the petitions now on the table honestly and justly decided ; but they mint be left to the determination o!" a Court notoriously open to every species of abuse and corruption, uri• vote and political. Such, be it observcd, is the Tot y doc trine, and very pretty doettinr , it is." Very pretty" if true ; but such, " be it. observed," is not the doctrine of the Tories, by any manner of means, though it may suit the usual honesty of Whig c ontroversy to toy that it is so. The conduct of the Whigs has doubt less been (end especially of late) so pure and so immacu late—so free from any taint of double dealing, or treachery, or anything of that rpen and honourable—so clear and consistent—so patriotically perfect ill every way—that the journals in their interest have a pe culiar ri;ht to imp u t e a ll manner o f depravity to others. 'But let that fass—we cry them mercy on the score of their superior virtue, and proceed humbly to point out some inaccuracies in their charges against the Tories. The Tories are not much given to the discussion of hYpotktical cases, even where the hypothesis appears to base some proximate relation to a practical matter. They certainly never did take into comideration any such extravagance as that of a Whig-invented tribunal for the trial of controverted elections, "to which it pos , ible ob jection could apply." They neither look forward to this, nor to a c ommercial intercourse with the moon firmly es tablished by means of Whig balloons, nor to any other consummation of similar probabi:ity. The Tories do not say that the elections now in controversy "must he left to the determination of a Court notoriously open to every species of abuse and corruption, pi ivate and political." They know, in deed, that these Courts must in all cases have some, and in some cases have nearly all, their Judges, composed of Whig-Radical Members of Parliament, and they are not insensible to the faultiness of tribunals so constituted ; but they are not so %irulently uncharitable as to accuse even these Courts of being utterly corrupt. They had rather submit to the injury which they may receive from the faulti ness of such Courts, than break through that great prin ciple of British justice, that laws shall not be made to ap ply to cases which are already sub lite. The Tories are of opinion that nothing could be more monstrous than that an assembly of men against some of whom complaint is made that they are nJt rightfully members of that assembly should set about framing a law for the trial of these complaints. The Tories do not think that, when proceedings have been commenced in conformity with the law which has existed for more than half a century, it would be fair to the suitors to abrogate that law, and say that they must commence de 1101 7 0, because the Parliament bad found out, all of a sud ' den, that the law was a bad one. These may be Tory prejudices ; but, somehow or other, they bear a great re semblance to that which the world has hitherto called by the name of Justice. We dare say the Whigs may not like these prejudices—no, nor justice either, for it is a shock ing old-fashioned thing, which, though first cousin to mercy, has no knowledge at all of " liberality." But this is no good reason why Whig newspapers should publish lies about the Tories.—Morning Post. PRICES OF CANXLS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIEF,&c. Scc. &c. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. These Sessions commenced yesterday morning before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS and a full bench of Magistrates. The Ca. lender is an extremely light one, there being only twelve pri. soners fur trial. After the Petty Jury had been sworn to try the first case, that of I3enjamin Dickinson,. charged with having assaulted one of the County Court officers, Henry Wilson, one of the Jury, addressing the Chairman, said—Sir, I should like to know who is to indemnify me for my loss of time and trouble in attending? The CHAIRMAN i s to the Clerk of the Court)—Go on. Wilsun—Go en But I won't go on until 1 know who is to pay me for my loss of time. The CHAIRMAN--:•YOU are summoned here, Sir, to discharge a highly important public duty, and all persons who attend here for that purpose do so without being paid for their public services. All the gentlemen who are now with me on the bench attend here without fee or reward. Wils.on 7 They seek their situations as places of honour, bul I am forced hert;. The CHAIhMAN-1t is, I believe, universally admitted that the trial by jury is one of the most beautiful parts of our ex cellent Constitution, and it is part of that Constitution that in all criminal cases ,the juries shall not be remunerated for their services; and sorry, indeed, should 1 be that any alte ration of the law in that respect should take place, fur if in criminal trials juries were paid for their attendance, persona would become candidates for the situation, instead of the duties of jury men being discharged by independent men. Wilson—Oh, that's all very well, but other public servants are paid, and well paid, too, for doing little or nothing ; and I, therefore, on principle, object to being kept here all day a ithout being paid for my time and trouble. The CHAIIIIIAN--1 must not hear any more of these kind of observations. Let the case proceed. The trial, which was for an assault of a trifling nature, pro ceeded, and the Chairman summed up the evidence ; after which a short consultation took place among the jury. At length the Foreman said—That juryman that just now ad dressed the Court says lie will not agree to any verdict until lie is paid for his attendance. _ The CIIAIICAIAN--1 hope he will not persiit in such improper conduct. Wilson—l shall, though ; and Idoit in order to obtain re dress for what I consider to be a very great grievance. The CHAIRMAN—Very well, Sir. I can only tell you that you and your brother jurymen will be locked up until you agree upon your,verdict. Do you know, in the situation in which you stand, you have taken a solemn oath on the Gospels well and truly to try the prisoner at the bar, and having heard the evidence in this case, you must give your verdict. You have sworn to decide on the case. Wilson (with a knowing loJk)—Yes, I did swear I would decide on the case, but I did not swear what time I would take to do The CHAIRMAN—Let an officer be sworn to take the Jury into an adjoining room, and there luck them up, and keep them there, without fire and candle, until they have agreed upon their verdict. Several of the Jury complained that they should be locked up, on account of the obstinacy of one of their body. The CHAIRMAN —I can truly state that I never witnessed such a scene as tnis in a Court of Justice before, and I hope and trust that I never shall again. Officer, remove the Jury at once. I will not suTer such disgraceful proceedings in this Court for a 'moment longer. A Juryman—Surely, air, you will not lock us all up? Wilson—No, that he won't ; for I won't !ewe this box. A Juryman—What do you charge for your services ? I will pay you wh:ltever you demand. Wilson —I tell you, again, I want nothing of you ;I am merely doing a great public duty. Several Jurymen—Oh, let's subscribe together, and pay him his demand. The CtlAinhidot (to the officer)—Do your duty, S'r, an Ow the Jury away, as I told you.. Let the other officers in the , Court assist. Wilson—You have not shown me that I am acting illegally, and I won't leave this box until you do. The CitAtiotAN —I tell you, Sir, that you are acCng,both illegally and disgracefully. Wilson—Show me box—tell me the statute. The CHAlRMAN—Officers, do your duty, and Gear that box instantly. On the officers proceeding to do so, Wilson submitted, and left the qu ietly with his broth : e n, w h o a pp ea r e d t o rc,, anything but brotherly f ee li ngs . griwith Court After an absence of about a quarter of an ',bear the Jur again came into Court, and the form stated they ' i vAv i oit in the m ean ti me b een mom, they were cif "au all agreed to return a verdict Another hry nail the Court again called them into the box. e scene altogether eaUseda c9 l g , i4VOUt QlCAtcment in Court. QUEEN-SQUARE. Mr. Wheatley, the proprietor of the Greenwich stage car ria4c 801, yesterday produced his driver to Pr.swer an infor mation laid against him by Carter, for plying as a hackney carriage for passengers. Mr. Ilium dismissed the complaint, observing that it was an offence under a subsequent Act. Anne Pitt and Anne trawler/, mother and daughter, were charged with assaulting Mary Taylor, an infirm old woman. They were locked up in default of payment. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday an Irishwoman of the name of Callaghan, with four children, the eldest of them seven years of age, and two of them in arms, were brought up by Weller, a beadle of the parish of Shoreditch, before Messrs. Conn and GROVE, for the purpose of being passed over to Ireland. Mr. CODD would consider what course to adopt, and the woman must be brought up on Thursday. THAMES OFFICE. SMUGGLING. —Japhet Edwards, a mariner and well known smuggler, was brought before Mr. BALLATNINE and Mr. TIIISELTON, charged with having about his person ten pounds of foreign manufactured tobacco, :which had not paid duty. Mr. BALLANTINE said the defendant was no doubt a regular smuggler. He had secreted the tobacco in a very artificial way, and he knew very well the punishment he was liable to. He sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of 1001. to the Queen, and be imprisoned until it was paid. Sir John Soane's will has been at length proved, and the personal property sworn to be under 140,0001. The executors, Sir Francis Chantry, Sir John Stevenson, and Mr. I-ligham, have renounced by power of attorney in favour of Mr. Bicknell, named in a codicil as one of the executors, and the will is proved by Mrs. Sally Conduit, to whom he be queaths 5,0001., with a request that she may be buried in the same vault with him. A meeting of the Canada merchants now in Liver pool (several of whom arrived on Monday by the Inde pendence), was held at the Queen's Arms Hotel, on Tuesday. It was numerously attended, and a resolution was unani mously agreed to, that the state of affairs in Canada demanded the most energetic and prompt measures, and that a deputa tion, consisting of those merchants at present in this country, direct from Canada, should wait upon Lord Glenelg, and ex plain to him in the fullest manner the deplorable condition of the British residents in Canada, in consequence of the struggle which a vigilant Government should have prevented. Among the merchants present were the following :—Allan Gilmore, Esq., of the house of Allan Gilmore end Co., Quebec ; Alexander Rardc.ln, Esq , of the firm of Gilmore, Rankin, and Co., Miramichi ; James Roger, Esq., of the firm of Roger. Deane, and Co., Quebec ; Charles E. Levy, Esq., of the firm of C. E. Levy and Co., Quebec; James Mourn, Esq., of the firm of Moore, Brothers, and Co., Montreal ; George W. Osborne, Esq., of the firm of Atkinson, Osborne, and Co., Quebec, &c.—Liverpool Paper. CHRONOLOGY.--Yesterday was the anniversary of the day on ‘Ahich Livy, the Roman historian, died at Padua, A.D. 17, on which day Ovid, the celebr a t e d Roman poet, also died. Livfs history of the Roman Empire was in 140 books, of' which thirty.tive are extant. Five of these were discovered at Worms, in 1431, and some fragments are said to have la'ely been discovered at Herculaneum. Few particulars of his life are known, but his fame was great even while he lived, and his history has rendered him immortal. He wro'e some philosophical treatises and dialogues, with a letter to his son on the merits cf authors, which ought to be read by all young students. yy MR. tIORACIS SMITH'S "JANE LOMAX.."-:. The principle of Horace 'Smith's present Novel commands our warmest approbation. He appears in this work as the sensible and manly vindicator of the middle class of society—we should perhaps say the ilfra-mitidle--a class of all others least syra pPthisA with, not high enough for the fashionable novelist not low enough for the lovers of the grotesque. In taking this ground, therefore, our author has adventured an ex.peri m nt which does equal honour to his courage as a writer, and his views as a philosepher. " Jane Lomax" has •inwerful claims on the sympathies of all classes of readers. We pro phecy it will become, as it ought, a favourite with t'Ll'a pubac." On Friday last two men who have been working on the Manchest_tr and Leeds Railway, at Chadde:ton, near Old- barn, having had s me words, agrCed to settle the matter by a fight. After fighting sixty-one rounds, Connor gave in. Several hundred persons were present. Their names are Rchard Lincoln and John Connor. The latter's breast wai beaten to a complete jelly, and he now lies dangerously ilt. The battle lasted one hour and ft:my minutes, and the by standers seemed to take great delight in witnessing the brutal ex hihit ion.—Bolton Free Press. Advices from Naples of the 17th ult. state that Vie cholera had re-appeared in that city, and that fourteen cases had occurred between the 2d and 15th. Most of the troops lately sent to had returned to Naples. The dif fe,ences b tween the Neapolitan Government and France had not been adjusted. A French frigate hail entered the har. bour cn the 16th, without firing the customary salute. _ _ Among the Saxons of the North, the festival of the new year was observed with more than ordinary jollity and fes tivity by s , :nding New Year's gifts to each other. This Ro man practice nas continued during the middle ages, when our Kings, and the Nobility especially, interchanged presents. Dr. Drake obs"rves, that though Queen Elizabeth made re turns to New Year's gifts in plate and other articles, she al ways took care that the balance should ba in her favour. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Cornhill. London, informs the Public that he has fitted up THREE SHOW ROOMS expressly for the display of a large assortment of superior SILVER-EDGED PLATED GOODS. He offers them at those low but fixed prices, which have been so successful in drawing public attention to the WATCH, JEWELLERY, SILVER SPOOK and FORK and Silver branches of his trade. N. 8.. A pamphlet,. containing a Detailed List of the Prices of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, or will be forwarded in. answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. On the 20th of December, at Walton, Lady Mordaunt, of a MI. On the 31.:t tilt , in Portland-place, the lady of S. G. Smith, Esq., of a (laughter. 02 the 30th ult., the wife of the Rey. Dr. Hook, Vicar of Leeds,, of a son. On the 31st ult., the lady of H. Collman, Esq., of Old Broad— street, surgeon, of a daughter. n the 30th ult., the lady of T. Walrond, Esq.,of Calder Bagk, near Glasgow, of a son. MARRIED. On the 28th ult., at Manorowen Church, Wm. Henry Scow-- field, of the Mote, Pembrokeshire, to Louisa Sarah, eldest; daughter of the late R. Bowen, Esq., of Manorowen, in the sonic county. - At Caversham, Ox?ordshire, on the 23th ult., Mr. F. Phillips, of King-street. Cheapside, to Mrs. Dyke, of Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire, widow of the late James Dyke, Esq., of New Broad street, London. DIED. On the 29th ult., at Hurstbourne Tarrant, near Andover, GO9. Marshall Stacpoole, Esq., aged 23, only son of the Very Rev, the Dean of Kilfenora, county Clare. On the 28th ult., at Stratford Green, Essex, John 2arstairs, Esq., P.R. S., of Warboys and Woodhurst, Hunts, ar;ed 81. In lilelville-street, Edinburgh, aged 20, John ',-,iwynfin Cruik thank, Esq., sixth son of J. Crnikshank. of Langley Park, and the Ri g ht H on . L a d y A nne L. Crtii , •2„b a „k . On the 28th ult., Elizabeth. yourgest daughter of Mr. Janes King, of Tavistock-place aged y ears . An the 27th ult., at K_-town, aged 70, Mrs. Erat, widow of Mr. Jacob Erat. F., en , formerly of Berners-street. At Chelte . :,,, m, f •1 . on the 27th ult., Alfred Lloyd, Esq., late o. Wadi. College, x or( On the 27eult., Jane, wife of Mr. Puddicombe, Newington causeway. At Greenwicth, on the 26th ult., Thomas Freaks, Esq., aged 87. London: Printed and Published by MULIDO YOUNG. of No. 11 - 2. strand, at The Sme Otliee, No. re/ Strand; in the county of Middlesex.—Wednesday, January, 3, 1828.